different between gunna vs guna

English

Etymology

Apparently due to eye dialect.

Contraction

gunna

1. Alternative spelling of gonna
   • 1915, George Bronson-Howard, God’s Man,^[1] The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 132,

     “Oh, yes, I can,” answered Pink, “you’re gunna try to make me think you’re stuck on Beau. What you’re gunna give him you was [sic] saving for me. See? I’m jerry.” And he laughed at her encrimsoned face.

   • a. 1972, J. R. Simplot, quoted in Neal R. Peirce, The Mountain States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Eight Rocky Mountain States,^[2] W. W. Norton & Company (1972), ?ISBN, page 134,

     We have the products here, the raw materials, the know-how to do it. That’s simple, and we’re gunna do it.

   • 2007, Mallory Dunn, The Letters,^[3] Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN, page 14,

     “Always, Drake. No police officer will ever hold you down.” Myrick looked around. “Man, I hate hospitals. Let’s get out of here. I’m gunna go sign that paper work.” [sic] Myrick turned towards the door as he escaped the pressing moment with his son.

Anagrams

• Nunga

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gunna, borrowed from Middle English gunne.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /???n???/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /???n???/

Noun

gunna m (genitive singular gunna, nominative plural gunnaí)

1. gun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gunna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “gunna” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "gunna" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Byzantine Greek ????? (goúna), from an unknown Alpine or Balkan language. Or, possibly borrowed from Celtic.

Noun

gunna f (genitive gunnae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a kind of leather garment

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: gonna
• Old French: goune
  • French: gonne
  • ? Middle English: gowne
    • English: gown
    • Scots: goun
  • ? Middle Irish: gúna
    • Irish: gúna
• ? Basque: gona

References

• gunna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gunna, borrowed from Middle English gunne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.n?/

Noun

gunna m (genitive singular gunna, plural gunnachan)

1. gun, musket
2. cannon

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “gunna” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gunna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (gu?á, “quality”).

Noun

guna (plural gunas)

1. (Sanskrit linguistics) A lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element.
2. In Hindu philosophy, any of the three fundamental operating principles or tendencies of prak?ti (universal nature): sattva, rajas, and tamas.

Anagrams

• ANUG, Aung, Guan, UNGA, guan, guan-

Bikol Central

Noun

gunâ

1. hen

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gu?na

Noun

guna

1. a type of bolo knife, shorter and smaller than a sundang and with a blunt point, primarily used for weeding, digging and loosening the soil around plants

Verb

guna

1. to weed, dig or loosen the soil using a guna

Chinese

Etymology

From pinyin transcription of the phrase ?? (g?n a, “go away, go to hell”).

Interjection

guna

1. (Mandarin, Internet slang, humorous, euphemistic) go away; get lost; GTFO

Gamilaraay

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *gunang, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?una/

Noun

guna

1. excrement, faeces, shit

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Hausa

Noun

gun?? f (plural gun?n?, possessed form gunàr?)

1. tsamma (a bitter melon, Citrullus lanatus)
2. An epithet for someone who is not as strong as expected.
3. (colloquial) A girl who is physically mature with developed breasts.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay guna (“usage”), from Classical Malay guna, from Sanskrit ??? (gu?a, “use”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?una/
• Hyphenation: gu?na

Noun

guna (first-person possessive gunaku, second-person possessive gunamu, third-person possessive gunanya)

1. benefit
2. purpose, function
3. goodness

Synonyms

• (benefit): faedah, manfaat, maslahat
• (function): fungsi
• (goodness): budi baik, kebaikan

Derived terms

Preposition

guna

1. for

Synonyms

• bagi
• untuk

Further reading

• “guna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kriol

Noun

guna

1. feces
2. anus

Verb

guna

1. to defecate

Lindu

Noun

guna

1. use; purpose

Portuguese

Etymology

From English goon.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??u.n?/
• Hyphenation: gu?na

Noun

guna m, f (plural gunas)

1. (Portugal, slang) a street thug, sometimes associated with the practice of robberies committed as a gang action

References

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian ????? (gonâh).

Noun

guna ?

1. sin